Northern Utah

chrismoore

Was reprocessing some photos I took last February outside Salt Lake City... this one caught my eye more than it did the first go-round so thought I'd share. Critiques always welcome.

dlplumer

Gorgeous. I love it Beautiful exposure and soft tones.

ront

I think it sucks!!:D



Sorry, just kidding you. I think that it is a beautiful winter scene!!!! I just hate the thought of snow again.

I hope you don't mind my playing with you.

Ron

Doug Solis

Beautiful scene. I looks like it has so much depth.

schmoo

This is just surreal, how perfect it is! Was there a storm coming in on the right? Regardless, the low light coming in at that angle and the snow and the mountains... just amazing :ivar

Eia

Beautiful and no 'blue' snow! It cools me down in this triple digit temps we are having!

coscorrosa

That's very cool, I'm loving those trees. A very peaceful scene.

sgonen

This is beautiful, love the trees - I always struggle with snow, I wonder what pointers you have for shooting snow.

dseidman

Beautiful winter scene. Seeing this is a bit of a change from all the summer photos that have been on here recently.

chrismoore

Thanks for all the nice comments. It is still hard to remember what that cold felt like, with summer just lingering on here. I'm afraid I wouldn't be the best one to give advice on shooting snow, I live in Florida I do think you have to set your EV up one or two stops.

This shot is one of several to took in that area. My wife and I went on a ski vacation in Park City with some friends last February. I was allowed one full day of photography So I had my locations mapped out, got up early and got some Park City shots at sunrise and then ventured out towards Salt Lake. I stopped at Heber Valley Railroad for a little while and on the way out made a wrong turn somewhere but found myself on a county road lined with plots of private property. The light was gorgeous, the snow still on the trees from last night, and no footprints in the snow yet. I must have fired off about 1000 frames in the hour or two before the light changed. I had just gotten a polarizing filter, which I used, and in retrosopect don't know if that was a good idea or not with the snow. But the light was so nice the scenes were very easy to expose properly without having to make any special concessions for the snow.

Thanks for looking!